The whole shelf
Archive
25 posts. Sort the way you think.
2026
June 20 posts Foundations
- The useful constraint
- The sunk cost you live in
- The single source of truth
- The problem with best practices Essay
- The dead hand of defaults
- Writing things down
- Why constraints clarify Essay
- The 2-minute rule, revisited
- On commitment and optionality Essay
- The return policy
- Clearing the decks
- The slow hunch Essay
- One non-negotiable
- What first principles actually mean Essay
- The morning ritual myth
- Small reps compound
- The identity you inherit Essay
- The floor, not the ceiling
- Why systems outlast motivation Essay
- The keystone hour
Foundations 20 posts view →
- The useful constraint
- The sunk cost you live in
- The single source of truth
- The problem with best practices Essay
- The dead hand of defaults
- Writing things down
- Why constraints clarify Essay
- The 2-minute rule, revisited
- On commitment and optionality Essay
- The return policy
- Clearing the decks
- The slow hunch Essay
- One non-negotiable
- What first principles actually mean Essay
- The morning ritual myth
- Small reps compound
- The identity you inherit Essay
- The floor, not the ceiling
- Why systems outlast motivation Essay
- The keystone hour
#foundations 20 view →
- The useful constraint
- The sunk cost you live in
- The single source of truth
- The problem with best practices
- The dead hand of defaults
- Writing things down
- Why constraints clarify
- The 2-minute rule, revisited
- On commitment and optionality
- The return policy
- Clearing the decks
- The slow hunch
- One non-negotiable
- What first principles actually mean
- The morning ritual myth
- Small reps compound
- The identity you inherit
- The floor, not the ceiling
- Why systems outlast motivation
- The keystone hour